Streisand Sings

Barbra Streisand performs before a sold-out crowd at New York's Madison Square Garden on Monday, Oct. 9, 2006. It's the first time she's been on tour in 12 years.

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Barbra Streisand performs before a sold-out crowd at New York's Madison Square Garden on Monday, Oct. 9, 2006. It's the first time she's been on tour in 12 years.

Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Christensen

Barbra Streisand performs in New York's Madison Square Garden on Monday, Oct. 9, 2006. The tour, which will hit 20 cities, is Streisand's first in 12 years.

Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Christensen

Barbra Streisand performs in New York's Madison Square Garden on Monday, Oct. 9, 2006. Streisand endured jeers as she interjected a political skit into Monday night's show, exchanging zingers with a celebrity impersonator playing George Bush as a bumbling idiot.

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Barbra Streisand performs in New York's Madison Square Garden on Monday, Oct. 9, 2006. Streisand effortlessly crooned through a select repertoire of the hits she's amassed during her career.

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Barbra Streisand performs in New York's Madison Square Garden on Monday, Oct. 9, 2006. The 64-year-old singer-actress plans to give "designated proceeds" from the tour to support several causes, including the environment, education and women's health. The money will be distributed through the Streisand Foundation.

Barbra Streisand performs in New York's Madison Square Garden on Monday, Oct. 9, 2006. The tour follows the release of her latest album, "Guilty Pleasures," in September 2005. In 2004, Streisand marked her return to the big screen, co-starring in the Ben Stiller comedy, "Meet the Fockers."

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Barbra Streisand performs the song "Starting Here, Starting Now" at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2006. Streisand's most recent album is "Guilty Pleasures," which was released in September 2005.